Jim's First Amendment and media experience is exemplified by his
successful defense of The New Yorker Magazine in the
libel trial Masson v. New Yorker, 832 F. Supp.
His reported cases include RH Green & Silley Weir v BR (limitation period against 3rd party), de Bry v Fitzgerald (security for costs), Hartt v Newspaper Publishing (
libel concerning a work by Michelangelo), Pearson v Sanders Witherspoon (valuation of loss of chance), Siebe Gorman v Pneupac (status of consent orders), Senate Electrical v NTL (liability of an employee for acquisition warranties) and Bendell v Smith & Others (a
successful recovery action by a lender on a shared appreciation mortgage equity release — the only such case to go to
trial).